Taft v. Stoddard

This case is not properly before us. Section 20 of the Pub. Sts. e. 151, which, by the St. of 1883, e. 223, § 2, is applicable to proceedings in the Superior Court, provides that “ the justice by whom a case is heard for final decree may reserve and report the evidence and all questions of law therein for the consideration of the full court; and thereupon like proceedings shall be had as on appeals from final decrees.” The purpose of this provision is to enable the justice to bring the whole case before the full court after it is ready for a final judgment. The report takes the place of an…